<p>ahhh....i'm sorry...can i ask what state are u from....</p>
<p>I advanced to the state level and still have not received any money? Is this unusual? Could the lodges send money after the advancement notification?</p>
<p>i doubt it...some local lodge don't give money...</p>
<p>Ok, I got my letter advancing me to state.</p>
<p>i just received my first letter the other day(it was dated 2/11, sent out 2/20). The weird thing is that it says my app was reviewed by the district judging commitee and has been forwarded to the next round, but it was sent from my local lodge in NY</p>
<p>Im confused as to if they messed up and wrote district instead of local? anyone else get one like this?</p>
<p>i just got my letter today, dated 02/23 from the district juding committee.
i wrote 2nd at district and i won 3rd at state for the CA-Hawaii.
so if you place top 36 in your state, you automatically get $1,000 for 4 years.</p>
<p>Will they notify us if we didn't make it past the district or state level?</p>
<p>Or do they only bother to send out good news?</p>
<p>i think they notify everyone.</p>
<p>yeah, my district letter said 'we will keep you informed about the status of your application"</p>
<p>huutuyet: It cant be the top 36 from every state, because there are only 500 winners across the entire country. There are probably 36 winners from CA-Hawaii, its a big state.
(And congratulations!!!)</p>
<p>Letter today from state association (CA-Hawaii) - brochure forwarded to national committee for further judging.</p>
<p>just called my district chair.. apparently they didn't send letters out, so he's gonna call me if he can find out if i was forwarded...</p>
<p>aaand he just called back and i was forwarded.. yay</p>
<p>but still no money?</p>
<p>lhdistcass, if you don't mind me asking, which district are you in?</p>
<p>pa southwest</p>
<p>lhdistcass: mine's whatever WV is (guessing the whole state?) but I like i SW PA. I still have not received any letter whatsoever.</p>
<p>I haven't received a single letter, either.</p>
<p>I just saw this thread again for the first time in a month, thought about it and asked my wife at dinner when D was supposed to hear something back from the regional level Elks. She said she didn't recall, then the phone rang and it was the lady from Elks saying that they had checks for D. Amazing! But here's the good part. When D got the form letter a month or two ago saying that her app had been forwarded to the regional level, there was no mention of an award. The call tonight was to say that the local lodge has a $500 check for her for the district level and a $750 check for placing second at region. So if you've assumed that there was no check at the local level, be aware that it may yet be forthcoming.</p>
<p>If I haven't heard from the district level yet should I give them a call?</p>
<p>We have not heard anything either. Trying to be patient.....so hard!!! For now I guess maybe there is still hope!!!</p>
<p>gadad, that is greeeeeeeeeat news.</p>
<p>i can only hope and pray and wait.</p>